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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">qi bao mei ran dan</name>
    <name type="english">Seven-Treasure Special Pill for Beautiful Whiskers</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish and Tonify Yin</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys and enriches Jing</summary>
      <indication>Depletion of Jing and Blood from deficient Liver and Kidneys</indication>
      <indication>Premature greying, thinning or loss of the hair</indication>
      <indication>Loose teeth and tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Sore, weak low back and knees</indication>
      <indication>Seminal emission, spontaneous or during sleep</indication>
      <indication>Low libido or reduced fertility</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Liver Blood</summary>
      <indication>Hair that loses its colour and vitality from Blood and Jing depletion</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Premature greying of the hair</indication>
      <indication>Alopecia</indication>
      <indication>Hair thinning (androgenetic alopecia)</indication>
      <indication>Dental problems</indication>
      <indication>Premature aging</indication>
      <indication>Low sperm count and poor sperm motility</indication>
      <indication>Male infertility</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Frequent urination</indication>
      <indication>Lumbago and knee pain</indication>
      <indication>Osteoporosis</indication>
      <indication>Aplastic anemia</indication>
      <indication>Chronic infectious hepatitis</indication>
      <indication>Menopausal syndrome</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>he shou wu</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>huai niu xi</herb>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>gou qi zi</herb>
    <herb>tu si zi</herb>
    <herb>bu gu zhi</herb>
  </constituents>
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